Motor-vehicle.



G. A. CARLSO N.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED FEB. 2, 1910.

974,746. I Patented Nov. 1,1910.

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MOTOR VEHICLE.

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CHARLES A. CARLSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEVTYORK, ASSIGNOR T0 CARLSON MOTOR &TRUCK COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910 Application filed February 2, 1910. Serial No.541,413.

and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings,

and State of New York, have invented certain ne and useful Improvementsin M0- tor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

My invention re ates to motor vehicle con struction, and particularly tomotor vehicles of the type in which the power plant is arranged as avpart mounted upon a separate and independent frame disposed in slidingrelation with the-main frame and longitudinally removal-11c therefrom atthe front of the vehicle.

My invention consists in a construction permitting a brake'pedal to becarried by the main frame while extending over the supplementalremovable frame and in the path of. parts to be removed therewith. the

said pedal being laterally movable out of the way of such parts when theparts are being thus removed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood. I will now proceedto dcswibc an embodiment thereof, having; reference to the accompanyincdrawings illustrating the same. and will then point out the novelfeatures in claims.-

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of such portionsof a motor vehicle constructed in accordance with my invention as arenecessary to illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a front. view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a top view of the forward portion of the vehicle- Fig. 4is a trans-- verse sectional view through the forward portion of thevehicle.

The motor vehicle illustrated comprises a main frame 10 which. carriesthe vehicle body and the supporting wheels, and a supplemental frame 11which carries the power plant. The main frame comprises two longitudinalside irons, conveniently in channel form. the flange portions thereoffacing" inwardly (see Fig.- 4). while-the supplemental frame includestwo longltu dinal channel irons which face in the opposite direction.the said channel irons being smaller than the. channel irons of the mainframe and received within the channel poi" tions thereof. For a full andclear understanding of a vehicle constructed in this manner I refer to acope-riding application filed by me on the 25th day of May. 1909; andserially numbered -i )8,'281. For the present application, however, itis sufficient, merely to understand that the supplemental frame isremovable longitudinally from ongagement with themain frame at thefrontv end of the vehicle.

In the construction shown herein a transverse bar is disposed across thefront of the vehicle. being hinged or pivoted at 13 to one of the sideirons of the ma in frame, and connected by a pin connection 14 with theother side iron. By removing the pin l t the beam may be swungaside topermit the removal of the supplemental frame. while when in place thesaid beam will brace the longitudinal side irons and will act as abuffer to protect the radiator 13. as will be well understoodbyreference to the drawings. This feature while illustrated herein isnot claimed in the present case owing to a Patent Office requirement fordivision as between this feature and the brake pedal construction whichI will now proceed to describe.

In this type of vehicle the brake pedal for the vehicle. is preferablydisposed upon the outside of the main frame in order that it shall notinterfere with the removal of the power plant. and it is so shown in mycopen'ding application above. referred to. I

. have found. however. in actual practice that whenpositioued as in thetl] )])ll-(2ltl01-l above referred to. the portion for engagement withthe foot is too far out of line with the operator. for practicalpurposes; For this reason I have devised the form of pedal shown in thepresentapplication. in which the portion 16 to be engaged by the foot ofthe operator is constructed as an overhanging part, and in the path ofparts to be re-'.

moved with the supplemental frame. In order to permit. the removal ofthe. supplemental frame and. parts carried thereby. I have pivoted the.pedal upon a block' 17 to swing laterally thereon with respect to thelength of the frame of the vehicle..the said block being itself pivotedupon a stud 18 upon the side of the frame about which the pedal andblock are adapted to swing in a path longitudinal ot the vehicle. The.pedal or other connecting element 19, with the brake operatingmeans,which latter maybe of any suitable or desired character. The

link 19 is preferably connected to the pedal by means of a stud 20 whichextends laterally from the said pedal, .a cotter pin 21 being arrangedfor retaining the link in lace. An overhanging arm 22, convenientlysecu'red to the removable frame, .engages the pedal laterally and tendsto guide it in its position.

- When it is desired to removethe power plantthe front beam 12 is firstswung out of the way and the power plant is then drawn out sufficientlyto cause the arm 22 to clear the pedal; thereafter the pedal may beswung laterally about its pivotal connection upon the block 17,-to allowthe power plant to be removed entirely, the connecting link 19 springingsufiiciently to permit of .the

required lateralmovement of the pedal. If

' preferred, the cotter pin 21 may be removed and the link 29disconnected from the pedal, in which case the edal can be thrown allthe way down. I this connecting rod is removed in this manner the pedalmay first be thrown downward about its pivot 18 so as to clear the guide22 before any movement is imparted toremove the power plant, the pedalbeing thereafter thrown over laterally about its pivot upon the block 17and the power plant then removed as before;

By this construction I am enabled to bring the pedal sufficiently inline with the op'el' ator to permit him to operateit without anydifliculty.

lVhat-TI claim is:

1. In a motor vehicle, the combination with a main frame, and asupplemental frame in longitudinal sliding relation therewith, of apedal pivoted upon -the main frame to move longitudinallywith respectthereto and having a part overhanging portions carried bythesupplemental frame,

and means-permitting the pedal to be moved laterally out of the path ofthe parts carried by the supplemental frame while the same is being.removed. v

2. In a motor vehicle, the combination with a main frame, and. asupplemental frame in longitudinal sliding relation therewith, of apedal pivoted upon the main frame to move longitudinally with respectthereto and having a part'overhanging portlons carried by thesupplemental frame,

means permitting the pedal to be moved laterally out of the path of theparts carried by the supplemental frame when the same is being removed,anda guide carried by the supplemental frame for engaging the said pedaland preventing the same from being so laterally moved while thesupplemental frame is in its normal rest position in" the main frame.

with a main frame, and a supplemental frame in longitudinal slidingrelation therewith, of. ablock pivoted upon the main frame to morelongitudinally with respect -thereto, a pedalpivoted upon the saidblocli to move laterally with respect thereto, the

said pedal having a portion arranged to normally overhang parts carriedby the supplemental frame, and a guide carried by the supplemental.framefor normal engagementwith the pedal to prevent its lateral movement.CHARLES A. CARLSON.

Witnesses:

D; HOWARD HAYWOOD,

LYMAN S. ANDREWS, Jr.

